tedium
nounUK /ˈtiː.di.əm/
Etymology From Latin taedium, from taedēre (“to weary”).
1
Usually Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
- Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VIII, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- Nothing actual ever suits pure expectation and such purity of expectation is a great source of tedium.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 192:
- Synonyms
- boredom, drudgery, ennui, tediousness, acedia, monotony, sameness, tiresomeness, tedium, wearisomeness
- Related terms
- taedium vitae, tedious, bore, boring, wearisome